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United States Patent | 5,727,168 |
Inoue ,   et al. | March 10, 1998 |
In an I/O card that can be inserted into a slot of an electronic device and supplied with electricity therefrom, a first connector can engage a connector provided in the slot of the electronic device. A second connector can engage an external connector of an interconnection cable used to connect the I/O card to an external device. A circuit notifies the electronic device that the I/O card has been loaded to the slot thereof when the external connector is connected to the second connector of the I/o card inserted into the slot. The I/O card receives a supply of electricity from the electronic device, the supply being started after the electronic device is notified by the circuit.
Inventors: | Inoue; Akinobu (Kawasaki, JP); Yamaguchi; Atsuko (Kawasaki, JP); Okajima; Noriyuki (Kawasaki, JP); Matsuda; Hiroshi (Kawasaki, JP) |
Assignee: | Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 466734 |
Filed: | June 6, 1995 |
Sep 26, 1994[JP] | 6-229793 |
Current U.S. Class: | 710/301 |
Intern'l Class: | G06F 013/00; H05K 007/10; H01R 009/09 |
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